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Mommy, Where Does COVID Come From?
Episode 715
The lab-leak theory has more evidence supporting it than ever before. Journalist Elaine Dewar has written a new book documenting little-known scienti…
4 years, 9 months ago
(Short Cuts) Norm Macdonald Called Me a Motherf*cker
Episode 714
We look back on the coverage of an absolutely underwhelming, demoralizing election. And we contend with a troubling aspect of Norm Macdonald's legacy…
4 years, 9 months ago
Violence At Fairy Creek
Episode 713
There's a video from the Fairy Creek anti-logging demonstrations on Vancouver Island that shows police unleashing pepper spray at close range onto a …
4 years, 9 months ago
(Short Cuts) We Get What We Deserve
Episode 712
Trudeau is getting upset and it seems to be working for him. And the English leaders' debate was widely derided. Was it deserved?
Vice senior editor M…
4 years, 9 months ago
Gagged By Law
Episode 711
Non-disclosure agreements are incredibly common. But they protect abusers, and block journalism. They are also, as it turns out, often unenforceable.…
4 years, 9 months ago
(Short Cuts) Semen Retention Soldiers
Episode 710
After protestors threw gravel at the Prime Minister during a campaign stop, we ask: has this gotten too much coverage, or not enough? And we scrutini…
4 years, 9 months ago
Canadian Politics Don't Have To Suck
Episode 709
With the election coming in two weeks, Jesse sits down for an interview with Tiffany Lam, producer of The Backbench, to discuss what kind of politics…
4 years, 9 months ago
(Short Cuts) Angry Idiots, Explained
Episode 708
Many journalists are condemning the unruly protestors following Trudeau on the campaign trail. But is that our role? And co-host Jen Agg talks about …
4 years, 10 months ago
Canada's International Cash Cows
Episode 707
Last year there were 540,000 international students in Canada according to Immigrations Refugees and Citizenship Canada, IRCC. Many of these students…
4 years, 10 months ago
(Short Cuts) Chopped And O'Tooled
Episode 706
Twitter became the centre of the election this week when they put a "manipulated media” tag on one of Chrystia Freeland's tweets, which contained an …
4 years, 10 months ago